Sometimes when you are in the process of designing a new piece of fire apparatus for your department, a need may come out of the frustration of not having a specific type of vehicle in your inventory ...

This special Firehouse supplement, includes three feature stories: Heavy Rescue, Heavy Analysis: Determining the body configuration for a heavy rescue requires diligent scrutiny of a department’s ...

A heavy-rescue unit is almost like a mini- storage warehouse on wheels. It must carry equipment for nearly every type of rescue situation–cribbing and shoring, ropes, water- rescue equipment, portable ...

The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department is rolling out new wheels that are different from its typical engines. The two heavy rescues the department has received are designed to work through unique ...

Preparing for an uptick in major Strip construction projects, the Clark County Fire Department is restoring a special unit with expertise in rescuing people at high altitudes, underneath structure ...

KPMG LAKE HOUSE. I’M JESSE PAGAN, WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT JESSE THANK YOU. THE KISSIMMEE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ROLLING OUT A NEW TOOL TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. HEAVY RESCUE ONE IS OFFICIALLY IN ...

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The Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District said a semi-truck struck the department's heavy rescue truck after fire personnel arrived at the scene of a motor vehicle crash on westbound Interstate ...

Firefighters carried out a complex, high-risk heavy rescue operation after a violent early-morning crash on I-95 left a man dead and three others trapped inside a garbage truck. Howard County ...